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New Airline Alliances
To Alter Overseas Travel

By

Scott McCartney Staff Reporter of The Wall Street Journal

Updated June 11, 1996 12:01 a.m. ET

Get ready for a new era of "hub wars" in international travel.

A partnership between AMR Corp.'s American Airlines and British Airways , to be announced Tuesday, will create the world's largest airline network and increase competition among global airline partnerships. For travelers, that will mean new flight choices overseas.

For years, domestic airlines have battled one another for the most powerful hubs, or...